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Operation Zero Zero

Explanation
Eight young activists were killed and at least seven were injured in explosions involving booby-trapped hand grenades in Duduza, KwaThema and Tsakane, Tvl, on 26 June 1985. The zero-timed grenades had been provided by a Vlakplaas operative purporting to be an MK operative. The operation, codenamed 'Zero Zero', had been authorised by the Minister of Law and Order. Fifteen Security Branch operatives, including the head of the Security Branch and other senior personnel, were granted amnesty for the operation.

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constant. In 1989 I remember I was alone with my mum in the house, my father, sisters and brothers having gone to the Orange Free State and I had an operation problem which caused me to vomit the whole night. The following morning my mum hired a car to take me to hospital where I was reoperated ...
Both applicants acted during the operation under the borders of Cronje. They didn't partake in the operation except in so far as they accompanied Cronje and identified the spots where the operation would be carried out. They however associated themselves therewith.
MS KHAMPEPE: You will remember, Mr Lourens, that the reason advanced by Mr Maxam for participating in this operation to steal firearms was to make sure that the operation succeeded and that the other people did not bungle, because he was the leader and he had no confidence in whether they would be ...
... He and Joe Mamasela, a former member of MK who was turned an askari, worked very closely with Hechter and were involved in many illegal operations.  The three (3) of them worked together as a team.  What would  happen was, Hechter would receive an order from Cronje and he would ...
... the answer goes this way: The question is, in the most ambiguous manner possible, Mr Richardson concedes that at some or other level he had a co-operation arrangement with Mr Pretorius. He denies that it was the full extent of an informer. That leads us to ask the question, is it not ...
DR ALLY: Because, Mama, you may know that in the same period, 1985, June, July, that there was actually an operation, it was called Operation Zero Zero, which the Security Police were responsible for. What it involved was giving to young Comrades, grenades that people pretended to be from the ...
During August 1988 explosives were put in the basement of Khotso House and the building was badly damaged in the ensuing explosion. A night watchman was injured but fortunately nobody was killed. All the applicants played a part, as envisaged above, in the carrying out of the operation.
about my unit's activities. I confirm what he has said in his evidence in chief where he relates to me. I wish to point out that since this was my operation I made a final decision about the operation. Since I was commanding the operation, Mr Sipho Mthembu was to act on my orders. I, in line ...
MR BIZOS: The question was: "Was it a contingency plan which could only be put into operation by the decision of the Party"?
MR KOPEDI: I see you were not involved on the SB, the tenant operation. Is there any other operation you were involved in with this unit that we have not talked about now?
Back to the issue of the mopping-up operation by hostel dwellers on August 24, I left home and returned near to Mzimhlope, Meadowlands, Killarney, "War zone". It must have been after midnight when, together with photographer Khosini, who was then known as William Kosi we observed a group of ...
MR BOTHA: Here I specifically refer to operation butterfly which is the code name of an ANC operation
... the fence. The suspects were held at Piet Retief where they were detained in terms of Section 29 of the Internal Security Act. Through their co-operation large caches of arms were retrieved from Dead Letter Boxes. Acts of insurrection which had already been planned by MK were prevented. ...
I labelled this strategy plan code "Operation Lullaby". Now each letter in that Lullaby stands for a specific purpose, which I will gladly explain if you so request. Operation Lullaby was amazingly successful.
EXAMINATION BY MR VISSER: Mr Steenberg, you are an applicant for amnesty for an operation that was executed across the Swaziland border which we know happened on the 8th of December 1981, is that correct?
JUDGE NGOEPE: Sorry, I accept that in terms of your report, I accept that he must have been subjected to some kind of stress, traumatic stress and so on. But I am not sure I understand as to what eventually triggered the disorder. What triggered the disorder into coming into operation?
Mr N Mabusela and Mr M M Mjumbuntqla. This information I got directly from some of the police that were involved in that particular raid. In that operation Clive Brink shot from inside Mr Jombuntqla's house and he claimed, that is the IR, claimed that it was an MK terrorist who did the ...
... for amnesty in this hearing in respect of these convictions and in addition, in respect of his participation and activities in connection with an operation to bomb the Yeoville Police Station. Part of such activities constituted the subject matter of count seven at the above said proceedings. ...
... to proceed with the project. Coetzee testified that he cannot recall the incident but it is probable that he would have approved of such an operation if he had been ...
In both occasions no force was used and in the first instance, he had been arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle which had been used in an MK operation. In 1990, due to the delay, in processing MK application for indemnity in terms of the former Indemnity Act, 1990, the applicant and other ...
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